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Oculus to Send 6 VR Projects to Tribeca Film Festival 2018

Road to VR

Coming to the festival’s Immersive program, which showcases works by artists who are pushing boundaries and using cutting-edge technology, are six Oculus-funded projects. Oculus most recently sent 5 VR experiences to the Sundance this year, one of which, SPHERES , was sold in a 7-figure deal while there.

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When to Use Virtual Reality (VR) Instead of Augmented Reality (AR)?

InstaVR

VR, AR, MR, XR — those are just a few of the acronyms used to talk about exciting new immersive technologies. But how do you know when you should be creating VR apps instead of the other options like AR? Interestingly, the same department within a company may use AR and VR for similar but very different purposes.

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Metaverse needs to solve problems, not be the problem

ARVR

Meta is however still struggling with adaptation to business / education use since it abandoned Oculus for Business solution and now you need to have one Facebook account per each headset. 500 people run every week through the “Walk on the Moon” multi-headset installation at Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. size headset).

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African Americans in virtual reality

Hypergrid Business

Not only does the film feature some impressive uses of immersive virtual reality — check out Shuri driving a car via a remote virtual interface in the clip above — but you can also become Black Panther in Marvel Powers United VR for the Oculus Rift. Documentaries.

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VR poses challenges for software testing

Hypergrid Business

Oculus, one of the biggest names in VR, refers to this in its Health and Safety manual. In addition, new technological innovations that improve the VR experience are appearing all the time. For example, Otolith Labs, of Washington DC, is developing a prototype device that sits behind the VR user’s ear.